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BAYONNE – Hudson County Prosecutor Ed DeFazio said his office is still seeking to find out the identity of adult male body found on the rocks at the 16th Street Park in the morning of March 17. DeFazio said a 14-year-old girl walking her dog just before 10 a. m. reported seeing the body of …
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The City Council is expected to introduce an ordinance at its March 21 meeting that would eliminate the Town Center Management Corporation as it is currently comprised and put its operations under the umbrella of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ). “The administration has proposed designating the Bayonne UEZ Office as the manager for the Special …
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Holy Family Academy’s new English teacher, Ellen Marino, has also taken on the task of teaching film. Now, her kids are planning to be involved in an Academy Awards-like event at the end of this month. The idea was borne out of Marino’s past experience. Before coming to Holy Family, she had taught film elsewhere, …
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A local tenants’ group resubmitted petitions to City Hall on March 9 that would put the matter of whether to gradually end rent control in Bayonne to a public vote. Last year, the Bayonne City Council passed an ordinance that would void rent control on an apartment once the current residents move out. Eventually, this …
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City officials have reacted with outrage to the announcement that Trans-Hudson Express, Inc., operator of the No. 10 Boulevard Bus between Third Street and Journal Square, intends to cease operation on that route on April 8. Mayor Mark Smith said his office received notice of the company’s intent via a hand delivered letter on Thursday. …
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Sires receives award from National Urban League Rep. Albio Sires received a Certificate of Recognition from the National Urban League for his support of H.R. 683, the Urban Jobs Act. Elnora Watson, president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Hudson County, presented the award. “I am honored to receive this certificate by …
With the sun going down and the wind picking up, the temperature at the 45th Street light rail station dropped to more normal February levels. But The Rev. Rose Cohen Hassan of Trinity Church did not shiver or shirk from the duty she had come to perform, waiting for the next train of commuters to …
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The Bayonne High School boys’ and girls’ bowling teams won both the Hudson County championship and the NJSIAA state sectional championship in a span of 48 hours last month. “It’s never happened before for a Hudson County team,” noted Hudson Reporter Sports Columnist Jim Hague. Both the boys’ and the girls’ team were honored at …
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The room went dark as the monitor showed a two-minute clip from a documentary put out by the Smithsonian, and then showed a much longer work by Bayonne High School students who paired photos and film clips with poetry they wrote to commemorate the Civil Rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s. The display …
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An avid fan of the New York Mets, County Executive Tom DeGise said in his State of the County Address on Feb. 23 that the county – like the baseball team – is undergoing a rebuilding year. “If you are a Mets fan as I am, you probably recoil at the word ‘rebuilding,’ DeGise said …
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